Temporary binder



(No Model.)

T. FAIFER.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 443,985. Patented Dec 30, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATE T QFFICE'."

TONY FAIFER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,985, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed April 14,1890. Serial No. 347,900. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TONY FAIFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and Stateof Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved form and construction of temporary filing or binding devices of the class designed to bind temporary pamphlets, leaves, and all manner of loose papers which it is desired to preserve and protect, and the object of my improvement is to produce a binder of the class stated which shall be capable of and adapted to readily and easily bind loose leaves, pamphlets, manuscripts, newspapers, and other loose papers, and from which such leaves or papers or any portion thereof maybe as readily and easily removed without injuring or tearing them, one designed to confine to a minimum of space and at the same time afford a convenient and easily-practiced method or system of filing, protecting, and preserving papers which would be lost and destroyed; a device of simple construction, economical in cost, reliable, durable, easily and quickly operated, and efficient for the purpose intended.

To these ends my invention consists in the features more particularly hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings is illustrated an embodiment of my invention, in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved device; Fig. 2, a top or plan view of the same opened and with parts broken away; Fig. 3, an enlarged section taken on the line w m, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an enlarged section of the prod or arm, taken on the line y y, Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a top or plan view of the device, showing the papers in position therein, one cover thereof being removed.

Reference being made to the accompanying drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates a suitable back, to which are flexibly secured at 6, either in the ordinary way or in any suitable manner, covers 2. To back 1, on the inner side and at or near one edge thereof, is secured, by gluing, pasting, tacking, or in any manner desired, a strip of any suitable width and material extending the entire length or almost the entire length of said back. In Fig. 2 is illustrated a top or plan view of this strip, wherein said strip is designated by the reference-numeral 4. This strip or bar is also shown on an enlarged scale and in cross-section in Fig. 3. To strip 4: at. suitable intervals are rigidly secured, by passing through suitable apertures made therein or in any manner desired, arms or prods 7, extending crosswise of and parallel or approximately parallel to back 1, said prods or arms 7 being made of any suitable resilient material, preferably spring-steel. and fashioned after the style illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. These prods or arms 7 are preferably bent near one extremity, as shown in Fig. 3, making a short arm 10, thereby affording a more ready means for its rigid securement to bar or strip 4; are also preferably beveled at their edges, as shown in Fig. 4; are made into a point attheir free extremity, and are provided with apertures 8, placed at suitable intervals therein and adapted to receive suitable pins 9.

The reference-numeral 5 designates a suitable bar or strip of about the same length as that of slrip 4 and'of back 1 and provided with suitable apertures 13, placed at intervals to correspond with the intervals at which prods or arms 7 are placed apart, said apertures being of sufficient size and of suitable shape to allow strip or bar 5 to move or slip readily and easily back and forth on arms or prods 7.

In the use of my improved device the pins 9 are removed from apertures 8 and strip or bar 5 removed from its engagement with prods or arms 7. The papers which it is desired to file are then pressed on the pointed ends of prods or arms 7. These prods or arms, owing to their peculiar construction, force or cut holes 12 in the paper, as shown and illustrated in Fig. 5, a portion of strip or bar 5 being broken away to better illustrate the use of prods 7. The paper having been pressed down on prods or arms 7, strip or bar 5 is then placed uaess in position, pressed down so as to bind the papers tsufficiently ti ght, and pins 9 placed in' apertures 8:

pins 9, and the strip 5, having apertures 13 pjlaced'at'interx 'als to correspond \ritlrthe in tervals at'whic'hprods 7 areplaeechapart, said I 5 Having thus described my invention, what strip being adapted to slip down over prods 5 I claim is- 7, which pass through apertures 13, substan- In a temporary binder, the back 1, to which tially as described. are flexibly secured the covers 2, strip 4, se-

In testimony whereof Iaffix mysignature in cured t0 the inner surface of back 1, one or presence of two Witnesses. more prods 7, secured to strip 4: and extend- TONY FAIFER. l 0 ing crosswise of and parallel or approxi mately- Witnesses: parallel to back 1, said prods being provided W. H. CHAPMAN,

with apertures 8, adapted to receive suitable l R. H. LATTA. 

